Vocabulary 3 Flashcards
(18 cards)
Morpheme
He is JUMP ING up and down.
The smallest part of a word
Ad Hoc
The business developed an AD HOC plan in case of an emergency
A Latin word that means “for this” or “for this situation”
Sine Qua Non
Chocolate chips are a SINE QUA NON of chocolate chip cookies.
A necessary or essential condition.
Obfuscate
The spelling changes made the original words OBFUSCATE.
Unclear or words that don’t make sense
Castigate
He was Castigated for his bad behavior in school
To reprimand or give consequences
Boilerplate
The BOILERPLATE lyrics were very boring
Written text that doesn’t show any imagination
Allude
The boy said he had problems at home, so I can ALLUDE that he was talking about his parents.
To mention something without directly saying it
Conceit
He only accepted the challenge because of his CONCEIT
Excessive Pride
Reification
He tried to give his friend the REIFICATION of happiness.
Thinking of something that is abstract as a physical thing
Elucidate
The teacher ELUCIDATED the problem
To make something clear or to explain something
Canon
Shakespeare is part of Western literature CANON.
Collection of rules or text considered authoritative
De Facto
The laws says DE FACTO he could go to the park
In fact, or in effect
Highbrow/Lowbrow
The HIGHBROW teacher easily taught the lesson
Intellectual/uneducated
Trepidation
The TREPIDATION stopped him from going to the party
Nervous feeling of uncertain agitation
Internalize
The INTERNALIZED feelings caused his abrupt anger.
To accept or absorb an idea, which becomes a part of your character
Subversive
The SUBVERSIVE goal was to create a new government
Trying to destroy established system
Genesis
The story had an interesting GENESIS
The origin or beginning
Pro Forma
The lazy teacher always did a PRO FORMA lecture.
Just going through the motions
